2011 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

 

THURSDAY, June 2, 2011
5:00 PM Festival Grounds Open/Carnival Rides/Family Fun Night bANNER
5:30 PM Festival Ribbon Cutting
 
Activities  
6:00 PM Hot Wheels Bike Parade (Starts at South City Park)
   
   
   
FRIDAY, June 3, 2011
5:00 PM Festival Grounds Open
   
Entertainment
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Geno Delafose & French Rockin Boogie
7:15 PM to 8:15 PM Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
8:30 PM to 9:15 PM Lil Nathan & Zydeco Cha Chas
9:30 PM to 11:00 PM Chris Ardoin & Nu Step
   
Activities  
7:30 PM Zydeco Dance Contest
   
   
   
SATURDAY, June 4, 2011
12:00 PM Festival Grounds Open
   
Entertainment  
1:15 PM to 2:15 PM Matthew Ewing & Fueling Fire
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM Same Ol' 2 Step
3:45 PM to 4:45 PM Leon Chavis & the Zydeco Flames
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Lil Kenny and the Heartbreakers
6:15 PM to 7:00 PM Cupid
7:15 PM to 8:15 PM

Patrick Henry & the Liberation Band

8:30 PM to 9:30 PM Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys
9:45 PM to 11:00 PM Percy Sledge
   
Activities  
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Michelle Fontenot  Art Exhibit Opening
Opelousas Museum & Intrepretive Center
1:30 PM to 3:30 PM Fiddle Jam & Workshop with Hadley Castille
Opelousas Little Theatre Building
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Cajun/Creole Cooking Demonstrations
5:00 PM Bar-B-Que Cookoff Judging
   
   
   
SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2011
12:00 PM Festival Grounds open
   
Entertainment  
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Roscoe Chenier & the Inner City Blues Band
2:15 PM to 3:15 PM Don Fontenot & Les Amis
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM Warren Storm, Willie T. and Cypress
4:45 PM to 5:45 PM Chubby Carriere & the Bayou Swamp Band
   
Activities  
3:15 PM Cajun Dance Contest
4:30 PM Pepper Eating Contest

 

Performers subject to change prior to event.